2015 Houston Dash season

The 2015 season is the Houston Dash's second season as a professional women's soccer team. As a member of the National Women's Soccer League, United States' top-flight women's league, the Dash's schedule includes 20 total games (10 home, 10 away) against eight other NWSL teams. The Dash look to make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history after finishing in last place during their inaugural season. The 2015 regular season began on April 10, 2015.

Houston Dash
2015 season
Managing DirectorBrian Ching
ManagerRandy Waldrum
StadiumBBVA Compass Stadium
NWSL5th
NWSL ChampionshipDid not qualify
Top goalscorerLeague: Jessica McDonald (7)
All: Jessica McDonald (7)
Highest home attendance13,025
(July 12 vs. Chicago; sellout, franchise record)
Lowest home attendance3,499
(June 20 vs. Western New York)
Average home league attendance6,413
Biggest win2–0 v. WAS, April 10
2–0 v. WNY, June 20
Biggest defeat0–3 v. SEA, August 22
All statistics correct as of September 7, 2015.

Background

College draft

The Houston Dash selected University of Virginia and U.S. Women's National Team midfielder Morgan Brian with the first overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. The Dash also traded away the 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft and a second round pick in the 2016 College Draft to Portland Thorns FC for a player to be named later.[1]

Houston Dash 2015 NWSL College Draft selections[1]
RoundOverallPlayerPositionCollege
11Morgan BrianMidfielderUniversity of Virginia
431Carleigh WilliamsDefenderUniversity of Central Florida

Preseason

Date Opponents Ground Result
F–A
Scorers Notes
March 18, 2015 Houston Dynamo U-16 Houston Sports Park 0-2
March 25, 2015 Houston Dynamo U-16 Houston Sports Park 0-5
March 29, 2015 Texas Longhorns Houston Sports Park 2–0 Henderson 55' Ohai 73'

Colours: Green = Houston Dash win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

Season review

April

The new-look Houston Dash kicked off the year's NWSL action with a 2-0 win over the Washington Spirit at BBVA Compass Stadium. Offseason acquisition Carli Lloyd scored the opening goal in first half stoppage time, and last season's club top goalscorer Kealia Ohai put away the second goal five minutes into the second half. The Dash looked revamped in attack and, defensively, collected their first shutout of the season.[2]

Position at the end of April
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Houston Dash 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Source:

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Randy Waldrum
Assistant Coach Marcelo Galvao
Assistant Coach Hiro Suzuki
Goalkeeper coach Tom Brown
Athletic Trainer Kristy Chavez
Massage Therapist Wes Speights

Updated to match played April 13, 2015
Source: Houston Dash

Other information

Owner Philip Anschutz
Co-Owners Oscar De La Hoya
Gabriel Brener
President of Business Operations Chris Canetti
Managing Director Brian Ching
Ground (capacity and dimensions) BBVA Compass Stadium (7,000 (22,039) / 115x70 yards)
Training ground Houston Sports Park

Updated to match played April 13, 2015
Source: Houston Dash

Squad

The following is a list of players who were under contract with the Houston Dash at any point during the 2015 season.[3]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Erin McLeod37 2014 20 0 Undisclosed Allocated Player Inactive
2 DF Carleigh Williams28 2015 0 0 Undisclosed Free Rookie season
4 DF Lauren Sesselmann37 2014 0 0 Undisclosed Allocated Player Inactive
6 MF Morgan Brian27 2015 10 0 Undisclosed Free Rookie season
7 FW Kealia Ohai29 2014 24 5 Undisclosed Free
8 MF Jordan Jackson30 2014 20 2 Undisclosed Free
9 FW Stephanie Roche31 2015 1 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed
10 MF Carli Lloyd38 2015 1 1 Undisclosed Allocated Player
11 MF Brittany Bock33 2014 1 0 Undisclosed Expansion Draft
12 FW Tiffany McCarty30 2014 21 4 Undisclosed Expansion Draft
14 FW Jessica McDonald32 2015 1 0 Undisclosed Trade
15 DF Allysha Chapman32 2015 0 0 Undisclosed Allocated Player Inactive
16 MF Ashley Nick33 2014 1 0 Undisclosed Trade
18 GK Bianca Henninger30 2014 6 0 Undisclosed Trade
19 DF Niki Cross35 2014 1 0 Undisclosed Trade
21 FW Melissa Henderson31 2014 10 0 Undisclosed Trade
22 DF Stephanie Ochs30 2014 25 0 Undisclosed Trade
25 DF Meghan Klingenberg32 2014 9 0 Undisclosed Allocated Player
30 FW Ella Masar34 2014 19 3 Undisclosed Expansion Draft
40 MF Rachael Axon35 2014 1 0 Undisclosed Discovery Signing
  • Last updated: April 13, 2015
  • Source:Houston Dash
    Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.
  • Ordered by squad number.

Standings and match results

National Women's Soccer League

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 20 13 4 3 41 21 +20 43 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 20 8 9 3 31 22 +9 33 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C) 20 9 5 6 32 20 +12 32
4 Washington Spirit 20 8 6 6 31 28 +3 30
5 Houston Dash 20 6 6 8 21 26 5 24
6 Portland Thorns FC 20 6 5 9 27 29 2 23
7 Western New York Flash 20 6 5 9 24 34 10 23
8 Sky Blue FC 20 5 7 8 22 28 6 22
9 Boston Breakers 20 4 3 13 22 43 21 15
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
20 6 6 8 21 26  −5 24 4 2 4 11 13  −2 2 4 4 10 13  −3

Last updated: September 7, 2015.
Source: National Women's Soccer League

Results by matchday
Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHA
ResultWDLLDWDDWLLDWWLLLLWD
Position[n 1]12466455456654456655
Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2015. Source: HoustonDashSoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 10, Fri 1 Houston Dash 2–0 Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
19:30 p.m. CDT UTC-5 Lloyd  45 +6'
Ohai  50'
Masar  71'
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 18, Sat 2 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 CDT UTC-5 Freels  14' (O'Hara)  90' Dash report
NWSL report
Box
McDonald  52' (Brian) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,742
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
April 26, Sun 3 Boston Breakers 3–2 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
16:00 CDT UTC-5 King 8'
Ezurike 31' (McCaffrey)
Evans 55'
own goal 72' (Lloyd)
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Cross 44'
McDonald 65' (Ohai) 58' (Brian)
Roche 90'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,376
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 2, Sat 4 Houston Dash 0–2 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Bogus 42' (unassisted)
Groom 51' (Hagen)
Moros 63'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,186
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 15, Fri 5 Houston Dash 2–2 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Axon 28' (penalty)
Ohai 59' (Henderson)
Masar 62'
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Colaprico 43'
Huerta 60' (Hoy),  81' (unassisted)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,527
Referee: Randall Kelley
May 23, Sat 6 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Houston Dash Portland, Oregon
21:00 CDT UTC-5 Dash report
NWSL report
Box
McDonald  24'
Pressley  86'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,409
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
May 31, Sun 7 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
14:00 CDT UTC-5 Haagsma 11' (Grubka)
DeCesare 86'
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Bailey 86' (unassisted) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 958
Referee: Levi Rippy
June 6, Sat 8 Houston Dash 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Camila 35'
Bock 45'
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Terry 65' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,864
Referee: Danielle Chesky
June 20, Sat 9 Houston Dash 2–0 Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 McDonald  24'
Ohai  63'
Masar  74'
Dash report
WNY report
Box
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
July 12, Sun 11 Houston Dash 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 McCarty  57'
Brush  84'
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Colaprico  3'
DiBernardo  19'
Hoy  61'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 13,025 (franchise record)
Referee: Christopher Spivey
July 20, Mon 12 FC Kansas City 1–1 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT UTC-5 own goal 55' (Pressley) Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Masar  40'
Lloyd  45'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,557 (sellout)
Referee: Randall Kelley
July 25, Sat 13 Western New York Flash 0–1 Houston Dash Rochester, New York
18:00 CDT UTC-5 Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Lloyd  49' (Klingenberg) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 29, Wed 14 Houston Dash 3–2 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Brush  12' (Ohai)
McDonald  17' (Klingenberg)
Lloyd  86' (Cross)
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Holiday  3' (Rodriguez)
Hagen  84'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,425
Referee: Matthew Mercier
August 1, Sat 15 Washington Spirit 3–1 Houston Dash Germantown, Maryland
18:00 CDT UTC-5 Dunn  28',  36' (Matheson),  45+1' (Nairn) Dash report
NWSL report
Box
McDonald  74' (Ohai) Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,418
Referee: Margaret Domka
August 7, Fri 16 Houston Dash 0–2 Sky Blue FC Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Nadim 38' (Levin)
Killion 45'
Kerr 72' (unassisted)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,216
Referee: Christopher Spivey
August 12, Wed 17 Seattle Reign FC 2–1 Houston Dash Seattle, Washington
21:00 CDT UTC-5 Mathias 22' (Rapinoe)
Corsie 59' (Cox)
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Ohai 15' (unassisted)
Masar 70'
Brush 90+'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,021
Referee: Cedric Adams
August 21, Fri 18 Houston Dash 0–3 Seattle Reign FC Houston, Texas
19:00 CDT UTC-5 Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Little  42' (Barnes),  74',  90' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 9,530
Referee: Christina Hutchinson
August 30, Sun 19 Houston Dash 1–0 Boston Breakers Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Masar  34' (McDonald)
Masar 35'
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Schoepfer 89' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,842
Referee: Cedric Adams
September 6, Sun 20 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00 CDT UTC-5 DiBernardo 82'
Press 90' (Johnston)
Dash report
NWSL report
Box
Masar 62' (Brian) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,623
Referee: Margaret Domka

Awards

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Player Month's statline Ref.
July Carli Lloyd 3 goals; 3 appearances [4]

NWSL Player of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
7 Won Bianca Henninger [5]

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
2MFAndressa Cavalari Machry7763000083114051000
26DFJazmyne Avant22171000000000000
40MFRachael Axon15111004100840105800
3FWAllie Bailey70126100430002100
11MFBrittany Bock55352000521014410
6MFMorgan Brian1010810030750408500
24DFEllie Brush151412741106300015630
9DFCamila Martins Pereira12651100071040111120
15DFAllysha Chapman54376000110007000
19DFNiki Cross151211480103102061010
21FWMelissa Henderson2014112302016905068700
8MFJordan Jackson93334000000215100
25DFMeghan Klingenberg12121046020710013300
13DFJen LaPonte63315000003000100
10MFCarli Lloyd121210804035615026151200
30FWElla Masar191816062017610011960
12FWTiffany McCarty177741100231211431000
14FWJessica McDonald2019167571241170098600
16MFAshley Nick32182000100002200
22DFStephanie Ochs321540000001300000
7FWKealia Ohai191916924503921512461100
5DFToni Pressley15151306000300006410
23MFCami Privett42205000200001200
9FWStephanie Roche2024000100001010
4DFLauren Sesselmann1145000000001000
2DFCarleigh Williams21151000000000100
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
18GKBianca Henninger1098683431324434111.1014
1GKErin McLeod11119323431647460151.364002

Notes

  1. Houston Dash's position in the league at the end of match day

References

  1. "NWSL ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF THE 2015 COLLEGE DRAFT". NWSLsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. January 16, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. "Match Recap: Houston Dash 2, Washington Spirit 0". HoustonDashSoccer.com. Houston Dash Communications. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  3. "Houston Dash Roster". Houston Dash. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  4. "DASH'S CARLI LLOYD VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE MONTH; Lloyd helped Houston earn a 2-0-1 record in July to move into fourth in the standings". nwslsoccer.com. August 3, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  5. "DASH'S BIANCA HENNINGER VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK; Henninger recorded her second shutout of the 2015 NWSL season on Saturday night". nwslsoccer.com. May 27, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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